Method and system for direct ingest and storage of digital video content with immediate access to content for browsing and editing

Abstract

A video encoder system and method for receiving uncompressed streaming video and outputting a continuous compressed video stream. The system a video encoder to compress the input video stream; and a formatter and indexer to receive the compressed video stream, apply indexing metadata and formatting metadata to the video stream, and output a formatted video stream that is capable of storage and access.

We claim:  
     
         1 . A video encoder system adapted to receive an uncompressed video stream and output a continuous compressed video stream, said encoder system comprising: 
 a. a video encoder subsystem to compress the uncompressed input video stream; and    b. a formatter and indexer to receive the compressed video stream, apply indexing metadata and formatting metadata to the video stream, and output a formatted video stream that is capable of storage and access.    
     
     
         2 . The video encoder system of  claim 1  wherein the formatter and indexer subsystem outputs a formatted video stream that is capable of real time storage and access.  
     
     
         3 . The video encoder system of  claim 1  wherein the video encoder compresses the input video stream to produce an MPEG compressed video stream.  
     
     
         4 . The video encoder system of  claim 1  wherein the formatter and indexer demultiplexes the compressed video stream into primitive streams.  
     
     
         5 . The video encoder system of  claim 4  wherein the formatter and indexer demultiplexes the compressed video stream into primitive video, audio, data, and time code streams.  
     
     
         6 . The video encoder system of  claim 1  wherein the formatter and indexer adds headers and trailers to the video stream.  
     
     
         7 . The video encoder system of  claim 1  wherein the formatter and indexer segments the video stream.  
     
     
         8 . The video encoder system of  claim 1  further including a parallel file system to receive the formatted video stream from the formatter and indexer.  
     
     
         9 . The video encoder system of  claim 8  further including at least one non linear editor for reading formatted video streams from the parallel file system immediately after the formatted video stream is written to the parallel file system.  
     
     
         10 . A method of processing video streams including receiving an uncompressed video stream and outputting a continuous compressed video stream, said method comprising: 
 a. compressing the uncompressed input video stream; and    b. applying indexing metadata and formatting metadata to the compressed video stream, and outputting a formatted video stream that is capable of storage and access.    
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the compressed video stream comprises primitive video, audio, data, and time code stream, and the step of applying indexing metadata and formatting metadata to the compressed video stream includes demultiplexing the compressed video stream into the primitive streams.  
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10  further comprising outputting the formatted video stream for storage and access in a parallel file system.  
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10  further comprising adding headers and trailers to the video stream.  
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10  further comprising segmenting the video stream.